It is narrated from a companion of Banu Kinana (may Allah be pleased with him) that I prayed behind the Prophet (peace be upon him) in the year of the conquest of Makkah. I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) supplicating: "O Allah! Do not disgrace me on the Day of Resurrection."

It is narrated from Hazrat Malik bin Atahiya (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: If you see someone unjustly collecting tax, then kill him. The previous hadith is also narrated from Qutaiba bin Saeed.

Qutaibah ibn Sa'id narrated to us this hadith, and he shortened some of the chain of narration, and said: He means by that the charity which he takes without right.

It is narrated from Hazrat Ka’b bin Murrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): At which part of the night is supplication more likely to be accepted? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: In the last part of the night. Then he said: Prayer continues to be accepted until you perform the Fajr prayer, then there is no prayer until the sun rises, until the sun has risen the length of one or two spears, then prayer continues to be accepted until the shadow of the sun becomes the length of one spear, after that there is no prayer until the time of decline (zawal), then prayer continues to be accepted until you perform the Asr prayer, then there is no prayer until sunset. And when a person performs ablution and washes his hands, the sins of his hands fall away; when he washes his face, the sins of his face fall away; when he washes his arms, the sins of his arms fall away; and when he washes his feet, the sins of his feet fall away. Shu’bah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that the narrator did not mention wiping the head. Whoever frees a Muslim (slave), it becomes a means of his deliverance from Hell, and for every limb of the slave, a limb of the one who frees him is freed. And whoever frees two Muslim women, both become a means of his deliverance from Hell, and for every limb of theirs, a limb of the one who frees them is freed from Hell. And if a woman frees a Muslim woman, she becomes a means of her deliverance from Hell, and for every limb of the slave woman, a limb of the one who frees her is freed from Hell.

Abu Qilabah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that when Hazrat Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred, many preachers stood up in Ilya. Among the last of them, a companion named Marrah bin Ka'b stood up and said: "If I had not heard this hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), I would never have stood up. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once mentioned a tribulation. During that time, a veiled man passed by. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saw him and said: 'On that day, he and his companions will be upon the truth.' I followed him, grabbed his shoulder, turned his face towards the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and asked, 'This man?' The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'Yes!' I saw that it was Hazrat Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him)."

It is narrated from Hazrat Ka'b bin Murrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever frees a Muslim, it becomes a means of deliverance for him from Hell, and for every limb of the slave, a limb of the one who frees him is set free. And whoever frees two Muslim women, both of them become a means of deliverance for him from Hell, and for every limb of theirs, a limb of the one who frees them is set free from Hell. And if a woman frees a Muslim woman, she becomes a means of deliverance for her from Hell, and for every limb of the slave-girl, a limb of hers is set free from Hell. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) invoked a curse against the tribe of Mudar. I came to the presence of the Messenger and said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), Allah has helped you, granted you, accepted your supplication, your people are being destroyed, so supplicate to Allah for them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned his face away. I repeated my words, then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O Allah! Give us a rain that will abundantly water us, fill the earth with water, be plentiful, not delayed, beneficial, not harmful. After this supplication, the Friday prayer had not yet taken place when the rain began.

He said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, supplicated against Mudar. He said: So I came to him and said, "O Messenger of Allah, indeed Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has given you victory, granted you, and answered you, and your people have perished, so supplicate to Allah for them." But he turned away from him. He said: So I said to him, "O Messenger of Allah, indeed Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has given you victory, granted you, and answered you, and your people have perished, so supplicate to Allah for them." So he said: "O Allah, give us rain, abundant, beneficial, widespread, plentiful, not delayed, beneficial, not harmful." It was not but a week or so until they were given rain.

Shu'bah said: In the supplication there is a word I heard from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Salim regarding seeking rain, and in the hadith of Habib, or Amr, from Salim, he said: "I have come to you from a people for whom no stallion stirs, nor does a shepherd prepare provisions for them."

It is narrated from Shurahbil bin Simt (may Allah have mercy on him) that he submitted to Hazrat Ka'b bin Murrah (may Allah be pleased with him), "O Ka'b bin Murrah! Please narrate to us a hadith of the Prophet (peace be upon him) with caution." He said, "I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say: O people of Sana! Practice archery. Whoever's arrow strikes the enemy, Allah raises him one rank. Abdur Rahman bin Abi Nuham asked, 'O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), what is meant by a rank?' The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied, 'It is not a small rank like the threshold of your mother's house. The distance between two ranks in Paradise is a hundred years.'"

He then said, "O Ka'b bin Murrah! Narrate to us a hadith of the Prophet (peace be upon him) with caution." He replied, "I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) say: Whoever frees a Muslim, it becomes a means of deliverance for him from Hell, and for every limb of the slave, a limb of the one who frees him is set free. And whoever frees two Muslim women, both of them become a means of deliverance for him from Hell, and for every limb of theirs, a limb of the one who frees them is set free from Hell. And whoever grows old in the way of Allah, the whiteness of his hair will be a source of light for him on the Day of Resurrection."

Shurahbil (may Allah have mercy on him) said: O Ka'b bin Murrah! Narrate to us a hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with care. He replied: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever shoots an arrow in the way of Allah, it is as if he has freed a slave.